Private hospitals with more than 100 beds will have to reserve 30% of total normal and ICU (Intensive Care Unit) beds for Covid patients, the Delhi government has ordered, amid concerns that the more rapid second wave of infections might overwhelm the national capital's health infrastructure.
After this order, the number of reserved normal beds in the national capital's 54 private hospitals with more than 100 beds, will increase to 4,422 from 1,844. The number of reserved ICU beds will increase to 1,357 from 638.
The Delhi government has directed the private hospitals to regularly update the occupancy of beds on the state-run portal.
